USA Pinus taeda vs.

Portuguese Eucalyptus globulus

Names
Pinus taeda

Eucalyptus globulus

Common names:

Oldfield pine North Carolina pine Shortleaf pine yellow pine Southern pine Arkansas pine

Common names: Tasmanian Blue Gum Southern Blue Gum Blue gum Eucalyptus Subspecies: Subsp. globulus Subsp. maidenii Subsp. pseudoglobulus Subsp. bicostata

Physical Properties
Pinus taeda

Eucalyptus globulus

Evergreen Softwood Height: 100-115 ft tall Climate: Humid, warm-temperate with long summers and mild winters Annual rainfall 40-60 inches

Evergreen Hardwood Height: 98-180 ft tall Climate: Mild, temperate- high, cool elevations in tropical areas Annual rainfall 35 inches

Bark and Leaves

Pinus taeda

Eucalyptus globulus

Bark: Red-brown to grey brown Scaly Leaves: 6-9 inches long, yellow-green needles Usually three needles per fascicle

Bark: Outer Bark: Grey, brown and greenish or bluish Peels in long strips Grey, shaggy and thick at base Leaves: Juvenile leave 6-15 cm long covered with a blue-grey bloom Mature: Narrow Sickle -shaped Dark shining green

Bark and Leaf Photos

Pinus taeda Eucalyptus globulus

Flowers and Fruit

Pinus taeda

Eucalyptus globulus

Flowers: Male: Long cylindrical Red-yellow Cluster at branch tips Female: Long cylindrical Yellow-purple Cluster at branch tips Fruits: Ovoid- cylindrical 3-6 inches red-brown cones

Flowers: Cream-colored Borne singly in leaf axils Produce honey flavored nector Fruits Gum nuts: Woody 1.5-2.5 cm diameter Seeds are shed through valves on top

Wood Chemical Composition

Pinus taeda

Eucalyptus globulus

Lignin 30% Cellulose 42% Hemicellulose 15.3% 3.8% Xylans Galactoglucomannan 12-14% 4.7% Mannan Extractives 4.4% Ash content 0.4%

Lignin Cellulose Hemicellulose

21.9% 51.3%
27.8% 1.3%

Xylans Glucomannans

Extractives

0.8%

Calorific Value-amount of heat given off upon burning

Pinus taeda

Eucalyptus globulus

Stemwood Bark

4780kcal/kg 5178kcal/kg

Leaves Thick branches Thin branches Bark Seeds

3070 kcal/kg 1871kcal/kg 1821kcal/kg 1412kcal/kg 2763kcal/kg

Fatty Acids
Pinus taeda

Eucalyptus globulus
8.0mg/kg traces traces traces traces

Hexadecanoic acid Octadecanoic acid Eicosanio acid Docosanoic acid Tetracosanoic acid

Hexadecanoic acid 76.1 mg/kg Octadecanoic acid 17.6 mg/kg Eicosanio acid Docosanoic acid 7.39mg/kg 36.6 mg/kg

Tetracosanoic acid 50.4 mg/kg

Sterol Structures
HO
HO

HO

Sitosterol

Campesterol

Cylcoartenol

HO

HO

24- methylene cycloartenol

Citrostadienol

Sterols Percentages
Pinus taeda

Eucalyptus globulus
26.0 mg/kg

Campesterol Sitosterol Cycloartenol

Campesterol Sitosterol Cycloartenol 24-methylene Citrostadienol

8.02 mg/kg 346.7 mg/kg Traces 9.24 mg/kg 24.9 mg/kg

277.0 mg/kg Traces

4-methylene cycloartenol 2.0 mg/kg Citrostadienol 1.0 mg/kg

Present Monolignols
OH
OH

OH

O OH

OH

OH

p-coumaryl alcohol

conif eryl alcohol

sinapyl alcohol

Pinus taeda
H:G 14:86

Eucalyptus globulus
H:G:S 2:36:62

Lignin Functional Groups abundance (/100 C-9 units)

Pinus taeda

Eucalyptus globulus
90-95 20-30 115-120

Methoxy Phenolic Hydroxyl Aliphatic Hydroxyl Benzylic Hydroxyl Carbonyl

Methoxy Phenolic Hydroxyl Aliphatic Hydroxyl Benzylic Hydroxyl Carbonyl

160-164 19 125 54 17-24

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Lignin Linkages

Pulping Types and Paper

Pinus taeda

Eucalyptus globulus
Bleached sulphate pulping Printing and writing paper Unbleached sulphate pulping Packaging paper Sulphite pulping Tissue and special paper

Asplund pulping Roofing felts Groundwood pulping Fiberboard Kraft pulping High-grade papers

Bleached Kraft Pulping Fibers

Pinus taeda

Eucalyptus globulus

Length Curl Index

2.4 mm 0.095

Length 0.752 mm Curl Index 0.099 Coarseness 8.60 mg/100 m Population 20.0 million fibers/g

Coarseness 24.0 mg/100 m Population 2.58 million fibers/g

Applications
Pinus taeda

Eucalyptus globulus

Wind, sight, and noise barrier on highways Habitat for game and nongame wildlife Soil stabilization and erosion control Timber Pulpwood

Wind, sight and sound barrier on highways Fuel wood Timber Oils extracted from leaves: fragrance, insect repellant, and antibiotics Pulpwood

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